The Devil Within

The early life of Dante is juxtaposed against the early life of Richard Ramirez and we gain an understanding about what, and who, influenced them. Plus our travelers in Perdition arrive at the Fifth Circle and The Valley Intruder shows a level of anger in his work that, up to now, was absent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Branden and Margot discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 80's are considered to be a decade of excess and indulgence... let's find out why. Also, the fourth circle of Hell is explored and The Valley Intruder defies expectations once again... this week on The Devil Within: Satan's Shadow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Branden and argot Carmichael, host of Death X Southwest, discuss the episode in greater detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ravenous drug addiction of Richard Ramirez is explored alongside Dante's third circle, Gluttony. Plus, the brutal murders continue and the police seem powerless to help... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brande and Margot Carmichael, host of Death X Southwest discuss the episode in greater detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Although the crimes, methods, and victim profiles are all over the map... one rookie detective had a hunch that they're connected. New victims and new evidence are finally enough to convince one superior officer that they have a serial killer on their hands but how many more will die before they can catch him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Branden has a discussion with the host of Death X Southwest, Margot Carmichael, about episode one of Satan's Shadow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Devil Within Season 4, Satan's Shadow begins with episode one... LIMBO. Join us for a descent into hell as we chronicle the desperate months in Los Angeles when a madman dubbed The Night Stalker held the city in his diabolical grasp... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rumors of a haunted video game have been whispered in the Portland area for more than forty years... was it demonic possession or something even more sinister? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The rise of streaming platforms have given exorcisms a whole new dimension. Find out how on today's episode of The Devil Within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A meditation on folk tales and their cultural impact as seen through the lens of the legendary creature that inhabits The Great Swamp of New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Built and opened as the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum, the current Trenton Psychiatric Hospital has a long and dark history of cruel and inhumane treatments slowly giving way to a more modern and merciful approach to mental health... but the ghosts remain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rutgers University, a storied institution that predates the American Revolution, holds a vibrant past that is alive in the numerous ghost stories that have fascinated students and faculty alike for generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do the drones sightings above New Jersey have to do with a decades old murder and an industrialist from the 1800's? Maybe nothing... but maybe NOT nbothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stories of the Abominable Snowman have long held a place in the lexicon of mystical beasts... but how did these stories start and is there any truth to them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New Year's Eve, 1974. The campus of Stanford University is shocked to discover that a ritualistic murder that was committed in the sprawling and beautiful university church had ties to Satanism. In this stunning precursor to the Satanic Panic, the case would go cold for almost forty years... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A listener was kind enough to wrote in and inform me of a tradition from the Pennsylvania Dutch community that I had never heard of before... The Belsnickel. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What does a Christmas tree have to do with the birth of christ? Was the Nativity really on December 25th? And what about this guy in a red suit bringing presents to little kids? Didi Christianity steal Christmas from the pagans? You decide... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Headless Horseman has been haunting the village of Sleepy Hollow for centuries... find out the origin of this spectral warrior and why he's so angry... only today on The Devil Within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A desperate act by a student of mysticism led to the creation of a terrible beast... originally meant to protect, it soon became clear that creation is not something to be trifled with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ireland and England have deep and often violent histories... and their superstitions surrounding Christmas are a terrifying reflection of that fact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From an island nation born from fire and ice in the frosty North Atlantic to an ancient land in the British Isles... the old ways that pre-date Christianity are rife with terrifying creatures that dominated the nightmares of good and bad, young and old alike when the calendar turned to late December... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An innocent toy or a symbol of resistance? A carved piece of wood... or a vessel for a diabolical demon? The story of the haunted dreidel will make you think twice this Hannukah... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From remote alpine villages to Hollywood blockbuster movies, Krampus is a creature from folklore that's sure make you want to stay off the naughty list... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices